Passenger ship

Titanic is a major part of our history. According to the “R.M.S Titanic”, “The White Star liner Titanic, largest ship the world had ever known, sailed from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York on April 10, 1912.” Many assumed the Titanic was “unsinkable” because it “was believed to be the safest”. There were many passengers who had survived; however, less than ⅓ of the passengers did not survive. Miss. Emily Louisa Badman is one of many people who lived to tell their significant story.…

The Titanic was the fastest, biggest, and the most luxurious liner. It carried over 3,300 passengers including the crew members. Many of the passengers on board were millionaires, silent movie stars, school teachers and immigrants, looking for a better life in the United States. The Titanic had three stops to make before arriving to its destination. The first stop was Southampton next was Cherbourg then Queenstown, the Titanic’s final destination was New York City, NY. It took 3,000 people over…

the amount of coal used for the ship to move is 825 tons used per day. The amount of light bulbs used on the ship was 10,000. First, the cost to build the Titanic was $7,500,000. Two of the workers were killed during the build. 20 horses needed to transport the main anchor. It took three years to build the Titanic. The maximum number of people that the Titanic could carry was 3,547 passengers. Next, the number of the people aboard was 2,223 was the passengers and crew on board. There…

managing director of the White Star Line. Joseph Bruce Ismay was born at Crosby, near Liverpool on 12 December 1862. tanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean by an iceberg on 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from to New York City. made by Harland and Wolff Technical RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during…

light of compelling new evidence. It has been uncovered that when the officer in charge of the ship was alerted by the lookouts that an iceberg had been spotted in its path, he waited a crucial half-minute before changing course. Historians believe, had William Murdoch taken action immediately, there was a chance the liner – and 1,496 lives – could have been saved. 2. The no of life boats on the ship was not enough to save everyone on board. As if the odds of survival weren’t favorable already,…

Officer and only surviving commanding officer on the maiden and final voyage of the White Star Line’s ‘unsinkable’ Titanic. After the ship collided with an iceberg, Lightoller oversaw the of loading passengers into lifeboats on the port side, famously only allowing one man on all eleven lifeboats. Lightoller, after a narrow escape from death after going down with the ship, went on to give key testimonies for both the US inquiry and the British Board of Trade inquiry. Twenty-two years after the…

several people over the years have delved into the mystery of what sank the ship God himself could not. Most believe it to be the one accomplishment of a lone iceberg what most do not know is that there was a fire burning in one of the worst areas a fire could have burned. This is no theory for many eyewitness accounts and logs prove this, there are even photos of where the fire had taken place on the starboard side of the ship. All of which will be elaborated on in the later. Some quick…

The deep black water began to still as the magnificent ship disappeared under the waves. You could barely see the water through the blanket of dead bodies. This crisis could have been averted. But one selfish mind only wanted for his ship to make headlines for being the most spectacular ship ever made. This man did get his headlines, but for all the wrong reasons. Bruce Ismay was heavily at fault for the sinking of Titanic, but instead of trying to make things right and saving other, he saved…

happened to the Titanic. Weather is the biggest contributor to this disaster. The Titanic was very luxurious. It was 46,000 tons and 882 feet in length. The ship was thought to be unsinkable, yet it was struck by an iceberg and sank about 375 miles from Halifax, Nova Scotia. The story is well known about the disaster. It took 1,500 passengers and crewmembers’ lives, which is about two-thirds of the total 2.200 people on board (Lipman). The weather was cold, and very calm. The north Atlantic had…

were, at the time, deemed it “practically unsinkable.”(Delgado, n.d.) On April 10, 1912 from Southampton, England to New York city, largest ship destined on her maiden voyage. The most luxurious and with latest technology of her time, cruise liner set sail for the United States with the pleased passengers all aboard. The largest vessel left with 2,240 passengers and crew and made her way towards her destination. (Titanic Universe, n.d.) This report will tell the truth about sinking of Titanic,…